EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

    彼の演説は気迫に欠けていた。
    His speech was lacking in soul.

Also written 気魄【きはく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

Kun
いき
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
113 of 2500
Radical
steam
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-4-2, 2-2-4SKIP code
0a6.8The Kanji Dictionary
8041.7Four corner code
2356deroo
6c17Unicode hex code
1-21-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2480Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3025New Nelson (John Haig)
3194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3960Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1885Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
319Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
144Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17046PMorohashi
11A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59sakade
67Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
68henshall3
52Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
55crowley
246Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
1150Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1903Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

urge, force, imminent, spur on

Kun
せま.る
On
ハク
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
773 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 27

Built from

Used in names as

さこせこはさはさまはざま

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-5SKIP code
2q5.5The Kanji Dictionary
3630.0Four corner code
878deroo
8febUnicode hex code
1-39-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4676Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6031New Nelson (John Haig)
3074New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3815Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2647Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
282Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
300Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
842A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
747Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1411Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38797PMorohashi
1697A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1175Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1233Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1805Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1218Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
964Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
684Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
288Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
po4, pai3Pinyin reading
bagKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level